A2MP_SAML Contemporary American literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
A2MP_SAML/01: Thu 13:00–14:40 učebna 67, I. Přibylová
Prerequisites
Courses in American history and culture, courses in early and modern American literature.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on contemporary American literature, especially fiction, and ideas and issues which it reflects. The authors included were born after 1940.
Based on guided reading experience and class discussions, students are encouraged to read and critically comment on topics like identity, history, relations, regions, and visions, and their relevance in the post-modern world.
Syllabus
  • Topic 1: Introduction to the course, resources, requirements, American literature from the 1940s to the present.
  • Topic 2: Approaching postmodernism and post-postmodernism (literature, culture, lifestyle).
  • Topic 3: Focus on Literature and postmodernism.
  • Identity (and hybridity).
  • Topic 4: History (and race and identity).
  • Topic 5: Relations (and power, violence and gender).
  • Topic 6: Focus on Postmodernism and culture and lifestyle.
  • Regions (and place and environment).
  • Topics 7 - 9: Presentations.
Literature
    required literature
  • VANSPANCKEREN, Kathryn. Nástin americké literatury. [Praha]: Informační agentura Spojených států, 137 s. info
  • The Routledge companion to postmodernism. Edited by Stuart Sim. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2011, xiv, 328. ISBN 9780415583329. info
    recommended literature
  • A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture. Edited by Josephine G. Hendin. Malden: Blackwell, 2004, xii, 430. ISBN 1405121807. info
  • NICOL, Bran. The Cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xvii, 220. ISBN 9780521679572. info
Teaching methods
Minilectures, reading and analysing selected primary and secondary texts, group work, class discussion.
Assessment methods
ndependent research of a school library in English at your teaching practice school.
1 presentation based on required reading.
Regular attendance and activity (reading and responding).
Final discussion over selected topics (see the syllabus above).
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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